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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Inducing labor

Hi,

Childbirth involves danger. Gd protects women when they give birth, but this unique protection may not be extended to a situation which birth is moved up. Therefore, one should not induce labor in order to hasten birth, unless it is medically necessary.